Choose your Place to answer Questions on Google Maps 💬 ⭐

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An illustration showing two Local Guides interacting with their phones to answer questions and help others discover great places.
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Hy Local Guides, :speech_balloon:

Google Maps is evolving! Alongside the Fresh Look for Local Guides (love that new Level 4+ star :star:), we have spotted a new feature that makes contributing much more interesting on Google Maps.

Choose Your Place to Answer :magnifying_glass_tilted_left:

Instead of answering random questions, the Contribute tab now lets us choose the specific place we want to answer.

A sequence of three mobile screen illustrations demonstrating a new Google Maps feature for Local Guides that allows users to pick a specific place to answer questions. Red arrows guide the viewer through the flow: from the standard "Rate this place" card, to a dedicated "Choose a place to start" menu listing locations like "Malabar Hotel" and "BNV College," to a final screen showing an specific question about recycling facilities.
A sequence of three mobile screen illustrations demonstrating a new Google Maps feature for Local Guides that allows users to pick a specific place to answer questions. Red arrows guide the viewer through the flow: from the standard "Rate this place" card, to a dedicated "Choose a place to start" menu listing locations like "Malabar Hotel" and "BNV College," to a final screen showing an specific question about recycling facilities.1920×1243 211 KB

As seen in above screenshots, you can now:

  • See a list of recently visited places :pushpin:.
  • See exactly how many questions :red_question_mark: are pending for each spot.
  • Focus :eyes: your contributions where you think is the best.
  • You can skip to the new places.
  • You get 1 point per answer, making it a great way to level up your contributions while focusing on places you remember best.

This is a huge win for accuracy, especially for documenting accessibility :wheelchair_symbol:, sustainability :recycling_symbol: & inclusivity :star:.

:backhand_index_pointing_right: How to answer Questions on Google Maps?

What do you think of the new tab for choosing places to answer? And have you tried selecting specific places to answer questions yet? Let us know in the comments below :backhand_index_pointing_down:t2:.

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Oh that’s an amazing feature update on Maps @Rahul001 Instead of random places, we can choose from the locations we have recently visited and then answer the questions. It’s not yet rolled out of my Android device yet, but I’m definitely looking forward to using this new feature. Thanks for sharing

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Great information @Rahul001 . I also noticed these new changes of Q&A in Google Maps and now this process has become more easier to answer the questions

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Thank you @Ssiddharth2000 for your valuable comment :blush:.

I request you to update the App. I think this feature mostly rolled out before the new visual feature for local guides.

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Thank you @AbhijeetUniyal for your valuable comment :smiling_face:.

There’s a doubt actually, does the places shown also have places your searched with places visited along with it?

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@Rahul001 , It seems very interesting and helpful. It hasn’t rolled out to my iPhone yet; I hope it will be available soon. Thanks for sharing the update.

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Nice feature, @Rahul001, let us know which Google Maps version is currently on your phone.

Cheers!

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Sure @Rahul001 I will give it a try

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Wow amazing feature @Rahul001 :heart_eyes:

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Thank you @PrasadVR for your valuable comment :blush:. Do you enabled beta version?

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Thank you @AjitThite for your valuable comment :blush:.

My version is - 26.15.01.894202351 (beta version).

You know the latest update of lg profile, on these versions ; latest update of lg profile disappears.

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Thank you @mahatokoushik623 for your valuable comment :blush:.

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I have the same version but can not choose the PIO for Q & A, however, let me check with patience; it will be visible.

Cheers!

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Fabulous post and update, dear @Rahul001 :+1:

The screenshots and illustrations make it amply clear what to expect in the update.

Checking my Google Maps on Android if I have this already/

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